Interactionism and Organizations: Online Performances and Institutional Image of the Military Police of Pernambuco

Authors

  • Jacqueline Carvalho da Silva Universidade de Málaga

Keywords:

police, interactionism, representations, performances, organizations

Abstract

The article explores the representations of the police based on a symbolic interactionist approach, specifically the notions of representation in Erving Goffman, translated to the context of police organizations by Peter Manning. The general idea is that much like face-to-face interactions between social actors, organizations attempt to perform to the public a positive and coherent image. As study case we  analyze the mechanisms underpinning the projection of the official image of the Military Police of Pernambuco, Brazil. The research includes the analysis of the organizational social media, the Facebook fanpage, complemented by semi-structured interviews with members of the communication department of the Military Police. 

Author Biography

Jacqueline Carvalho da Silva, Universidade de Málaga

Pesquisadora do Instituto Andaluz Interuniversitário de Criminologia (Iaic) e membro do Observatorio Criminológico del Sistema Penal ante la Inmigración (OCSPI), ambos da Universidade de Málaga (UMA, Málaga, Espanha). É doutora pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Sociologia (PPGS) da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE, Recife, Brasil), mestre em Sociologia pela Universidade do Minho (UMinho, Braga, Portugal) e bacharel em ciências sociais pela UFPE.

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Published

2019-09-24

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 3 (2019): SET/OUT/NOV/DEZ

Section

Dossiê 60 Anos do Livro The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, de Erving Goffman

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